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        <p class="p_1">Dave is a general partner who brought over 20 years of experience as an operating executive & entrepreneur to Polaris in 2000.  He focuses on seed, early & expansion stage investment opportunities in technology.  Dave is exceptionally experienced in on-demand and internet software business models, with particular background in SaaS, Cloud, Financial and Healthcare technologies.</p>
        <p>Experience:<br/>
            A leader of publicly-held software
            and services leaders during their periods of highest growth, Dave consistently built teams which achieved dominant market share and extraordinary value.</p>
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        <p>Prior to joining Polaris, he served as chief operating officer of Calico Commerce, a leading sell-side e-business infrastructure provider.  During his leadership, the company evolved from venture-backed startup to one of the top-performing IPOs of 1999 with market value in excess of $3.5B.  As senior vice president of worldwide operations for Pure Atria, he helped lead that company’s $1B merger with Rational Software.  As an executive with Lotus Development Corporation/IBM over 11 years, he played a key role in that company’s rapid growth and eventual $3.5B acquisition by IBM, the then-largest transaction in software industry history. As vice president & general manager of field sales and services, his organization served as an industry model and helped to establish Lotus Notes as a market-defining standard.  As general manager of worldwide federal systems, his was the fastest-growing division in the company.</p>
        <p>Prior to joining Polaris, he served as chief operating officer of Calico Commerce, a leading sell-side e-business infrastructure provider.  During his leadership, the company evolved from venture-backed startup to one of the top-performing IPOs of 1999 with market value in excess of $3.5B.  As senior vice president of worldwide operations for Pure Atria, he helped lead that company’s $1B merger with Rational Software.  As an executive with Lotus Development Corporation/IBM over 11 years, he played a key role in that company’s rapid growth and eventual $3.5B acquisition by IBM, the then-largest transaction in software industry history. As vice president & general manager of field sales and services, his organization served as an industry model and helped to establish Lotus Notes as a market-defining standard.  As general manager of worldwide federal systems, his was the fastest-growing division in the company.</p>
        <p>Prior to joining Polaris, he served as chief operating officer of Calico Commerce, a leading sell-side e-business infrastructure provider.  During his leadership, the company evolved from venture-backed startup to one of the top-performing IPOs of 1999 with market value in excess of $3.5B.  As senior vice president of worldwide operations for Pure Atria, he helped lead that company’s $1B merger with Rational Software.  As an executive with Lotus Development Corporation/IBM over 11 years, he played a key role in that company’s rapid growth and eventual $3.5B acquisition by IBM, the then-largest transaction in software industry history. As vice president & general manager of field sales and services, his organization served as an industry model and helped to establish Lotus Notes as a market-defining standard.  As general manager of worldwide federal systems, his was the fastest-growing division in the company.</p>
        <p>Prior to joining Polaris, he served as chief operating officer of Calico Commerce, a leading sell-side e-business infrastructure provider.  During his leadership, the company evolved from venture-backed startup to one of the top-performing IPOs of 1999 with market value in excess of $3.5B.  As senior vice president of worldwide operations for Pure Atria, he helped lead that company’s $1B merger with Rational Software.  As an executive with Lotus Development Corporation/IBM over 11 years, he played a key role in that company’s rapid growth and eventual $3.5B acquisition by IBM, the then-largest transaction in software industry history. As vice president & general manager of field sales and services, his organization served as an industry model and helped to establish Lotus Notes as a market-defining standard.  As general manager of worldwide federal systems, his was the fastest-growing division in the company.</p>
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